This is the second refurbished MacBook Pro that I’ve purchased though Amazon. The first was a mid 2014 that I had bought about 6 years ago and has served me very well with no problems at all. It was just time to upgrade and gain some speed.
After researching a lot of reviews online, I opted for this late 2021 M1 Pro rather than the new M2 (huge difference in price too!). The seller was Electronics Basket and my new workhorse was shipped very quickly and was well packaged.
The absolute best part for me was to find out that it had only 3 previous battery cycles and even still has the Apple warranty until April, 2024!! It is basically a BRAND NEW computer and came in all the original packaging, as well. I’m extremely happy with my purchase and, having used it for a week so far, words can’t even describe how impressive this upgrade is!!
The migration process from my 2014 to this one took about 1.5 hours (via Thunderbolt connection) and worked perfectly. I was still on Mojave on my old 2014 and the 2021 shipped with Ventura. I did need to go through and update many of my 3rd party plugins for Logic Pro X and re-register others, but that was to be expected. I mainly use this for music production and heavy use of Photoshop and Illustrator. Everything has been perfect! (TIP running Logic in Rosetta mode helps many older plugins function just like they are supposed to. I had not even heard about Rosetta mode until after updating). It’s SOOO nice to be tracking a large session in Logic and see the CPU meter hardly budge (especially compared to the older intel chip). And I have yet to hear the fan come on.
One more thing to note…I also purchased a Western Digital Easystore 16TB external drive as yet another backup for my huge music / movie / artwork / photography / software synth collections that were scattered among numerous smaller external drives. Thanks to the M1 Pro, transfer speed is amazing…even transferring files from some old NTFS formatted drives. Basically, as best as I could tell, it was transferring approximately 10-15GB data per minute! Blazing fast!!
This is the longest review I’ve ever written, but I hope that it will help the decision process of anyone still on the fence about this magnificent laptop. Do it! You won’t regret it :)
| Standing screen display size | 16.2 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3456 x 2234 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3456 x 2234 Pixels |
| Processor | 3.1 GHz apple_m1 |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | 512 GB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | M1 Pro |
| Chipset Brand | Apple |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11ax |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 4 years |
